Alternatively just edit the silly file once and jaws will always use the soundcard you want. Then there's no fiddling with every new audio related application trying to make it use the non-default soundcard. I have seen tthis desire not to edit files several times and I just don't get it. Is typing a dozen letters really that tough? On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 06:24:55 AM -0400, Jerry Richer wrote: > Cy! > > ! Press windows-r for the Run dialogue > ! Type "control" > ! Press "enter" for the "Control Panel" > ! Type "sounds" to get to the "Sounds and Audio Devices" choice > ! Press "enter" > ! Get on the "Audio" tab probably by pressing "shft-tab" twice, you may > already be there > > There are three lists labeled "Sound playback", > "Sound recording" and "MIDI music playback". Pick the Sound Card that you > want JAWS to speak through in the "Sound playback" list. > Freedom Scientific would have you go through this file editing > business. I don't know why. > Now to get other applications playing through other Sound Cards go into > those individual applications and look for some option to let you choose > what device you would like to use. -- "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan Thomas Stivers e-mail: stivers_t@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx